The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1887-04-29

duOuut VI real estate LII lola tli4 wee
is contemplating the construction G
street car line. Without wishing {
discourage any enterprise that promise
to benefit the town, we would like t
ask these gentlemen whether it woul
not.be a more permanently profltabl
investment both for them and for tn
city, to put their money into gas wells
: A Mr.. Downs, Of Ohic, who has mad
/. natural gas study for a number q
e years, has been here for severa
days and he gives it as his opinion tina
lola is in the very middle Of the ga
fields and that by sinking wells deel
enough an unlimited supply could b
obtained. He thinks that the we'll
should be driven at least 800 feet ans
: he is confident that not only gas bu
also oil could be found in exhaustles.
I quantity. Mr.. Downs is an expert
a. we have said, and his opinion i.
certainly worth needing. We hope
and We believe, that before the sum
mer is over a well will be drilled here
to depth of at least L. 800 feet. If We
can have such well and the street
car line also, well and good, But il
We can have only one let us have the
well. With positive assurance of an
unlimited supply Of natural gas, elec-
trio lights, street cars and all such
luxuries would be speedily added un.
ous.
The reception given last Friday
in honor Of their neice, Miss Agnes
Fulton, was brilliant and thoroughly
enjoyable event. Everyone Is always
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Doctor and his accomplished wife, SO
in spite of the inclement weather the
large rooms were filed with a COM
pany who were too we'll acquainted to
be formal and who devoted themselves
with great unsminity and with eminent
success to having good time. Delic.
iOus refreshments were served during
the evening, there was plenty of music
and no end Of talk, by reason of all of
| which attractions it was late hour
before any one thought of adjournment
And when the adjournment finally
came, it was with the general hope
that it would not be sine die.
The Interstate needs not crowd out
| advertisements for the sake Of getting
space to tell the editor of the REGISTER
do. He is moderately well acquainted
with them aud will manage to get
along somehow. Neither needs it inn
! agine that our soul is troubled by
reason of its invidious distinctions.
Tastes differ. This paper does the
best it can for lola. If some other pa
per does better, why, amen aud halle
LULA. So much the better for the boom.
We are all in good humor here at the
metropolis these days and have no idea
of letting ourselves be "sicked" onto
each other for the advantage and
amusement of envious and jealous
neighbors.
Some very timid people were much
distressed over the result of the late
city election aud dolefully prop hesied
that we would now have any number
of billiard halls and that they would
be "worse holes than ever" It will
be seen however, by our report OF the
council proceedings published else
where, that We are only to have two,
and that they are to be compelled tOI
remove all screens from their doors
and windows, the same as other places
of business. We take peculiar pleas
ure in calling attention to this action |
of the council, not only because it will |
allay the fears of the timid people |
above alluded to, but because it is an
endorsement of the views expressed |
by this paper before the election was
held.
At the meeting of the city council |
Monday night, ST. Ellis reported that |
street lamps could be had for $50
each. and it was ordered that five be |
purchased. The official bonds of the |
marshal and the street commissioner |
were approved. Licenses to keep a
billiard hall were granted to Canatsey |
Bros, and to Winfield Scott, on con-
dition that there should be no screens |
before the windows or doors of the said |
halls. On account of a defect in the /
ordinance calling the city bond cleo |
ton, it was recalled and a new ordin- |,
ance, fixing May 80, as the day of cleo
ton was passed and ordered published.
The matter Oforganizing a board Of |
trade was discussed but no definite |
action was taken.
AS suggestion which may be of
some value to the managers of Church
fairs and festivals who are always |
searching for some novel attraction,
we clip the following from one Of our
exchanges: 1.-THE gentlemen are given |
cards, on each of which is printed lie
name of some county in the State, |
while each lady receives a card with a
county seat printed or written upon it.
Each gentleman hunts up the county |
seat of his county to take out to supper.
If the county seat is not known a for
felt of ten cents is exacted for the in
formation. The forfelts are redeemed |
after supper in the usual unique
way"
A company of transformers walked
into town last Saturday, and after
diligent search found some benevolent |
soul VINO consented to ''grub-stake"
them, and secured for them the Opera
House on Saturday and Monday |
nights. Theyplayed to delighted but
small audiences and on Tuesday walk
ed out of town. 1t is rumored that
they are Dukes in disguise, out on q
pedestrian tour. They were pretty well
disguised. But there doesn't seem to
be much doubt about the pedestrian
part of the story.
J. $. Turner has sold his harness
shop to Mr.. r. B. Arnold. the superin-
tendent of the county poor farm. Mr..
will continue to run the poor |
farm and will leave the shop in the
care of its present manager, Mr.. H.
Miller. Mr.. a. has wide acquaint-
ance throughout the county and will
no doubt retain the active trade that |
has been been built up by Mr.. Turner.
See ad. in another column.
The work of boring the new we'll at |
the Carriaye Works WAS DELAYED on |